advrider Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Suzuki has finally announced an official statement regarding its intended withdrawal from MotoGP, and it’s not very encouraging. See the statement below, as published on MotoGP’s website: Suzuki Motor Corporation’s statement on their MotoGP future The Hamamatsu factory has commented following recent informations of Suzuki departing MotoGP™ at the end of 2022 Suzuki Motor Corporation is in discussions with Dorna regarding the possibility of ending Suzuki’s participation in MotoGP™ at the end of 2022. Unfortunately, the current economic situation and the need to concentrate its effort on the big changes that the Automotive world is facing in these years, are forcing Suzuki to drastically decrease racing related costs and to use all its economical and human resources in developing new technologies. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to our Suzuki Ecstar Team, to all those who have supported Suzuki’s motorcycle racing activities for many years and to all Suzuki fans who have given us their enthusiastic support. For MotoGP and their backers in the Dorna broadcasting group to run this statement, this must be basically a done deal. What does it mean? On the surface, this is a simple statement: Suzuki is leaving MotoGP. But, read between the lines, and a bigger story emerges: “big changes” to “the Automotive world” are causing Suzuki to shift its manpower and funding? And what other racing-related expenses might be on the chopping block, after MotoGP? The company says it’s using all its resources to develop new technologies? What new technologies might that be—Suzuki teased a turbocharged bike on the Japanese show circuit for half a decade, could that be it? Not likely. The word on the street is that the highest leadership at Suzuki sees no future in an arms race to capture the fickle western moto-markets. Europe and North America are risky propositions; it’s much easier to build cheap, mass-produced machines for Asia and South America. Maybe Suzuki is working on a new electric motorcycle platform for big-money customers in the west, but as we saw already this week in columnist Neil Graham’s The Lowdown, the indications are otherwise. Suzuki’s motorcycle operations are taking a massive financial hit these days, with rising material costs interfering with the company’s ability to maintain its margin on low-priced machines. It’s all explained here, if you’re curious … Vezi sursa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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